Heaven and Hell is a musical collaboration featuring Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice. The four members of Heaven and Hell recorded and toured together as Black Sabbath from 1980-1982 and again from 1991-1992. In 2006, while the foursome reunited to record three new songs for the compilation album, Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, they decided to embark on a 2007 - 2008 tour. This was facilitated by the fact that current/founding Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne was slated to perform a solo tour during that time frame.
Because of the projected continuation of the band's original lineup (Iommi, Butler, Osbourne and Bill Ward) and the 2006 induction of the original lineup into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Iommi (owner of the Black Sabbath name) decided to call the touring group Heaven and Hell. The moniker was taken from the first Dio-fronted Black Sabbath recording, Heaven and Hell.
History
Formation
In an October 2005 interview with the program "Masters of Rock", aired on BBC Radio 2, Ronnie James Dio revealed the fact that he would be writing with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi once again. Dio mentioned that two songs would be penned, and were to feature on a "project" entitled Black Sabbath - The Dio Years.[3] Iommi, the owner of the Black Sabbath name, chose to call the collaboration "Heaven and Hell" so as to distance the group from the Osbourne-fronted Black Sabbath
Ward's departure
Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward (who performed on the 1980 Heaven and Hell album and the first half of the tour) declined to be band's drummer before they recorded three new tracks. Ward's departure made way for a reunion of the other Dio-fronted Black Sabbath line-up which included journeyman drummer Vinny Appice. It was Appice who replaced Ward midway through the original Heaven and Hell tour in 1980 and remained the Black Sabbath drummer for two years coinciding with Dio's tenure in the band from 1980-1982 and again when Dio reunited with the band in 1991 and 1992 (he also backed the Osbourne-led version of the group briefly in 1998).
Additionally, while Black Sabbath has historically included Geoff Nicholls on "behind the scenes" keyboards, those off stage duties were performed by Scott Warren of Dio during the tour.
Touring
In August 2008, Heaven and Hell took part in the Metal Masters Tour alongside Judas Priest, Motörhead and Testament. The band are set to embark on a tour in 2009, making a stop at the Sweden Rock Festival among other places, like the Wâldrock festival at Holland and Wacken Open Air.
The Devil You Know
Even before the beginning of the tour, the members had said that the Heaven and Hell 2007 tour was a one-off and had expressed their plans to go their separate ways. Dio would return to his band (Dio), having stated his desire to produce Magica II and Magica III, sequels to Dio's 2000 album Magica. However, in a March 2007 interview, Dio and Iommi expressed that while they were both tied to separate contractual commitments in 2008, neither would discount the possibility of future collaborations[8]. Appice had yet to disclose his definitive plans regarding his post Heaven and Hell activity - but appears he will continue working with his latest band, 3 Legged Dogg.
In October 2007 www.blabbermouth.net reported that the band members had decided to continue their collaboration and record and release a new album in 2008. This information was confirmed by Ronnie James Dio during an interview with the website Komodo Rock published on November 1, 2007.
The idea for a new album originally came about as the band recorded new songs for the The Dio Years compilation. Iommi commented that Heaven and Hell agreed on an album whilst the band was in Japan on their 2007 tour.Appice and Dio had originally said that the album would be released in 2008, however an official press release from the band disclosed that the album's intended release date would be early 2009. Iommi has said that Heaven and Hell will record the album after the Metal Masters Tour, after a short break.As of July, Heaven and Hell have written at least seven songs for the album. Iommi is in the process of composing guitar riffs for the album, and the band has already got the basic idea of songs.According to Appice, the band scheduled a meeting for April 7, 2008 to share ideas. Iommi has described the work so far as being "really good, pretty powerful".Appice revealed in November that the band are due to record in December in Wales, at the same studio where Dehumanizer was recorded., he said the band had written ten songs. In December 2008, Appice revealed that the band had finished recording three-quarters of the new album, and hope to release it in March/April of 2009, through Rhino Records.[19]
The title of the new album will be The Devil You Know. Some of the song titles will include "Bible Black", "Rock & Roll Angel", "Breaking Into Heaven", "Atom & Evil" and "Eating the Cannibals". The release date will be April 28th, 2009. A 36 second snippet of "Bible Black" was available as a stream 20 March 2009 on the official Heaven and Hell website. It was leaked onto various pirate websites 11th April, 2009.
Members:
* Ronnie James Dio - Voice
* Geezer Butler- Bass
* Tony Iommi - Guitars
* Vinny Appice - Battery
Album:
Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know (2009)
Tracklist:
1. Atom & Evil (05:15)
2. Fear (04:48)
3. Bible Black (06:30)
4. Double the Pain (05:25)
5. Rock & Roll Angel (06:25)
6. The Turn of the Screw (05:02)
7. Eating the Cannibals (03:37)
8. Follow the Tears (06:12)
9. Neverwhere (04:35)
10. Breaking into Heaven (07:03)
Quality: 320 kbps
Total playing time 54:52
Size: 122.81 MB
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Live:
Heaven And Hell - Live Radio City Music Hall (2007)
Tracklist:
CD 1
1. E5150 / After All (The Dead) (08:30)
2. The Mob Rules (04:04)
3. Children Of The Sea (06:52)
4. Lady Evil (05:20)
5. I (06:27)
6. The Sign Of The Southern Cross (09:06)
7. Voodoo (07:42)
8. The Devil Cried (11:39)
CD 2
1. Computer God (06:41)
2. Falling Off The Edge Of The World (05:45)
3. Shadow Of The Wind (06:06)
4. Die Young (07:44)
5. Heaven And Hell (15:15)
6. Lonely Is The Word (06:48)
7. Neon Knights (07:58)
Quality: ~211 kbps
Total playing time 01:56:05
Size: 169.50 MB
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